Garment hanger with trousers support



Dec. 2, 1952 s, D'AIRO 2,620,101

GARMENT HANGER WITH TROUSERS SUPPORT Filed Oct. 2, 1950 SALVATORE. DklR0 INVENTOR BH M MKW HTT'XsQ Patented Dec. 2, 1952 GARMENT HANGER WITHTROUSERS SUPPORT Salvatore DAiro, Bronx, N. Y.

Application October 2, 1950, Serial No. 188,000

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in garment hangers and hasreference particularly to a novel arrangement to be combined with a coathanger for the purpose of suspending a pair of trousers or skirt by itswaist portion.

It is usual to hang a pair of men's trousers from the bottoms or cuffsof their leg portions or to drape the leg portions over a rod wherebythe garment hangs over and depends from both sides of the rod, which iseither a separate unit or is a brace disposed between the arms of thenormal coat hanger. Both arrangements have many disadvantages, namely,the trousers always hang with the pockets being directed downwardsallowing the contents of the pockets to easily drop to the floor;secondly, the cuffs of the trousers often fail to remain in the grip ofthe holder and are found to have fallen to the floor where they remainin a crumpled condition until the mishap is discovered.

With the foregoing disadvantages clearly in mind, as well as othersfamiliar to users, it is the object of the present invention toconstruct a garment hanger which will accommodate a coat in the usualfashion and at the same time support a pair of trousers or womans dressby engaging the belt loops about its waist portion to hold the garmentsuspended while retaining the leg creases or pleats in the desiredcondition.

I accomplish this object and others which will appear from thedescription, by means of certain novel arrangements and combinations ofparts, hereinafter fully described in the specifications, clearly setforth in the appended claims, and illustratively exemplified in theaccompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a garment hanger showing a garmentsupported thereon;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of one of the fittings used toengage the belt loop of a pair of trousers or other garment;

Figure 3 is a substantially transverse sectional view of the fittingtaken on lines 3-3 of Figure 2; and

Figure 4 is a bottom view of the hanger and fitting showing the hook ina section taken along lines 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings in detail, It denotes the lateral arms of agarment hanger, said arms projecting outwardly in opposite directionsfrom a slightly enlarged center head portion H. This construction iscommon in coat hangers made of wood or plastics, in which the headportion [I carries a hook l2 projecting upwardly from the top and centerof the head. The supporting arms are preferably inclined downwardly fromthe head ll towards their outer free ends.

To the under side of each arm 10 adjacent each free end thereof, a metalfitting A is attached, the fitting comprising a flat metal strip l4 bentinto a stirrup shaped bracket, the mid portion I5 being straight andoffset from the end portions I6 and provided with a longitudinal slot llrunning substantially its full length as illustrated particularly inFigure 4. The end portions l6 are adapted to rest flush against theunder surface oi the arm [0 and are provided with holes to accommodatescrews I 8 driven into the arm [0, whereby the bracket is held firmly tothe latter.

Slidably mounted in the bracket i4 is a depending hook is which consistsof a straight shank 20 greater in diameter than the slot l1 and providedshort of its straight upper end with opposite transverse grooves 2| intowhich the side walls of the slot I! are loosely engaged to permitmovement of the hook along the bracket, but prevents rotary movement inthe latter. The shank 20 of the hook is inserted in the slot I! byspringing slightly the walls of the latter until they slip into thegrooves 2|. The straight upper end of the hook I9 is disposed betweenthe under side of the arm i0 and the adjacent surface of the mid portionl5 of the bracket [4, and mounted on the end which may be threaded is anut 22. This allows freedom of adjustment of the hook along the bracketM to accommodate garments of different sized waist lines or specialspacing of belt loops.

To put the present hanger into use especially to accommodate a pair oftrousers, the topor waist band thereof is folded so as to bring thefront and back crease lines of the legs together and in this positionthere will be two belt loops in front which will be brought together andtwo in back for engagement over the depending hooks i 9, the latterhaving been adjusted in the slots H to the proper spacing. Thus, thegarment will hang in a normal position from its top or waist line,leaving the creases in the legs to hang freely without being lost, andbeing assured that nothing will accidentally fall from the pockets.

Having described my invention and the manner in which the same may beput in use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment hanger having oppositely projecting arms, thecombination with means for suspending a garment beneath the arms,comprising substantially U-shaped brackets attached at their ends to theundersides of the arms and provided with slotted mid portions spacedfrom the said undersides of the arms, hooks adjustably 3 mounted in saidslots and depending from the brackets to engage with the belt loops of agarment whereby the latter may hang in proper condition.

2. A garment hanger, as claimed in claim 1, in which each hook comprisesa shank portion projecting through said slot in the bracket and havingopposite transverse grooves embracing the side walls of the slot toallow longitudinal adjustment and prevent rotation of the hook.

SALVATORE DAIRO.

REFERENCES CIT ED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

5 UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 505,578 Sweeney Sept. 26, 18931,262,280 Stoddard Apr. 9, 1918 10 2,283,530 Bohachef May 19, 1942

